Scrap Part P?

[STI]

RF was your picture of the week pre or post the competent person scheme. If pre do you think things have improved, an impossible question to answer probably as you dont do domestic any more If it was post then surely that shows it isnt working in the format its in.

 

[RF Lighting]

Much of it was probably pre competent persons being introduced, and from the state of it, the majority of it carried out by non elecricians such as kitchen fitters and the like.

Whilst I'm certain there are still jobs getting lashed in left right and centre, there are some fitters and builders who I know of personally who now sub the work out to an electrician because either the customer or the buildings inspector or even their own professional standards wants to see the works carried out safely and legally.

ebee, the majority of my work now is on construction sites (and in theatres), so it is fairly unusual to come across bad installations.

 

[Adam_151]

ebee, the majority of my work now is on construction sites (and in theatres), so it is fairly unusual to come across bad installations.

Does that mean I might have to dig into my stash of pics collected on various perioidics?

 

[RF Lighting]

Go for it. I've still got a few in reserve but no where near enough for one a week any more.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

So say electrician stage 1. After a four week course you can go out add a socket to a circuit, inside or out in any room or location but perhaps only on 230v domestic, do repairs and carry out the appropriate tests and provide the paperwork. For some this would be all they want to do.

Electrician level 2, six week course.Complete rewires and fault finding, domestic only. Again for some thats all they want so would now stop training at this point. Their cards would state this is what they can do (bit more than a domestic installer grade i think) so they cant go off into 410v or industrial or commercial.

Level 3 410v systems 3 phase and so on. At successful completion of each stage you get a competant person certificate from the training body.

http://www.theiet.org/forums/forum/...id=4932&STARTPAGE=3&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

(should take you to the post at the top of page 3)

 

[ebee]

That non sparky bloke used to talk a lot of sense on that forum

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I agree.

 

[ricicle]

I wish I had a decent camera phone to take pics of some of the $h1te that my predecessor did where I work now.

Remember this one :-

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Rats nest, no labelling, no testing and at least one circuit with a borrowed Neutral

 

[ban-all-sheds]

That's tasty.

Did he also do this:

?

 

[wingcoax]

C'mon BAS, that has to be in the cellar of a block of flats.

 

[ColJack]

C'mon BAS, that has to be in the cellar of a block of flats.

how would he know, it's someone elses photo..

 

[1john]

nothing a box of clips and some zip ties wouldn't sort out

 

[STI]

BAS just read the link. Thanks. Shame little seems to have changed over this period of time.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

BAS just read the link.

Not with you...

 

[STI]

the one you posted earlier linking to the iet forum.